Libyan influential tribes have been deserting the UN-backed unity government to join the side of east-based army commander Khalifa Haftar, increasing therefore the influence of the self-style Field Marshal in the challenge-awash North African country, reports say. The influence of Russian mouth-piece in the Libyan crisis is becoming alarming in the West. The army commander […]
Morocco’s candidate, Jallal Toufiq, was re-elected on Tuesday for a second term as member of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) at elections held in New York, as part of the organizational session of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). Toufiq, who was challenging 17 other candidates, was elected in the first round of […]
Nigeria Wednesday signed up for 12 Russia-made military helicopters to be used in the fight against Boko Haram, an Islamic State-linked insurgency giving headache to Abuja since 2009. Under the deal, Russia’s Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSVTS) will deliver 12 Mi-35 helicopters to Nigeria. The FSVTS did not reveal the value of the deal, […]
